Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-29
Mr.. AND MRS. BOWSER.
The Old Gentleman Proposes To Buy n
Horse and, Though Warned, He Goes to
Ruin.

Horse and, Though Warned, He Goes to
Ruin.
Detroit Free Pres.
When Mr.. BOwser suggested the idea Of
buying 4 horse l opposed it, not b~ecauseit
seemed a useless piece OF eXtrayagance, but
because 1 feared that he would be made
the victim of sharpers. didn't put it in
that way, of course. l simply remarked;
''Why, dear, we are so handy to the
street cars you knowyanud neither of us
cares much about riding out"
Eyes, but horses are bound TO 20 up,
and I'm offered atine beast at a great sac
%ritice.'
Eve got 4 COW at a great sacrifice
once"
''Oh, we did, Ell? l thought you'd be
ilinging that up, presently! Whose fault
was it that we had to sell the cow
"Well, but l wouldn't buy a horse Just
now
Maybe you wouldn't. You are not
buying q horse, az | understand il. When
! don't know enough TO run my business
III turn it over to a woman
As he was evidently ncttlcd with me, !
dropped the subject at once, hut | knew
from the way he bounced the cuspidore
across the room that he had his mind set
on a horse. And it was scarcely ; o'clock
next morning before five or six strange
men were trotting horses up and down the
alley to show OIL their points. ! took a
seat ut il side window TO watch them, hut
MIR. Bowser soon entered the house and
called out:
Mrs. Bowser, if You knew how prom
incnt your red hair was through THAI win
dow you'd take SOME other seat ~
| changed Ia another room, from which /
could see through The closed blinds, and
presently all the men and horses went
away Int one. The man had IL red nose
and a Suumt-cyc, and the hOrse waSa raw
bonrd, lumhrring-gaitei animal ct umrer-
tain age aud color. wouldn't have bought
such a horse for the plough, but MIR. Bow
ser seemed to hr hard hit.
''Surc he's a DIeadndught, are you:' he
uuer,cd as hc lifted mp the animals b'g
trrt as if hr expected 10 find a trade mark
on the h"O!.
"Look here, Bo1scr, oil man." rcpli,i
Sl"'a' 'AE' ~, ..Ii' ' 10 =,
mace Nl'' ms H"Ec''' '"1' - !" "a ~
SIu'fe"''''' any t''" - N"'I N'@1
.''' S'" w. ', L"r,, ",
son vi :. Drr,JnYurh,. or don't
:" S'" ront q"
"a little old" said Mr.. ROwacr, as he
looked in'oth' i''lSe : 'lo''''
N'l'' no" """'
last eiShI'
II wont d,hy H. h'">'rwu"' l ""'' Z.
What "Ho'" he ,'Nc use ni' noes j. III
ms hihtl year; p"' '''' !" w. '''W'
ne > S,,,'" r,o,J 49, ,,.,,n yorr Vito y,hen
''''', ~, 49, ,,an.r A. E,,... LuI
~ ,,L, LIi, L.G,rn ,n.d,, ham,
w" ,,.,7',
"'' ."S Ian, of I s.nYr
..TI,'. I;,tIo Iry and that's tbo c,rI,
If tbn st,bIr boy. Two or three ponItircs
will Lriuu 'rm ont all O. X"
''lsu't exactly my color, said Mr.. Bow
ser, ~ he stood OF and squ'htc'i both
eyes.
''See here, liowScr, don't take m" Tor :;
cucumber - replied the red nose. Don I
| know that this Is a boss "I"r dirt aud
iu>t-pront-he>t IN the world I" stand the
sun? And don l"n Know II, an" won
you pay 81 on account "i II,
Mr. Rovsrr locked pleased, and. after
,,his,,.rino softly 10 himself tor a minute,
mo sa,d.
"yyru Peters. whats the lowest ~
"Tyo hundred. Enwsrr, and not a cent
less tn any human being
Make it $I5o.'
The Spulnt-cyCu man pun "n u" ''''u''
look and turned his gaze into a vacant lot
"Wcii, say $40
"Mr. BowScr," he replied, "a he slowly
turned ahont, don't know ana ynl
know that Pm sacrificing that boss? Ism
he worth $50 of any mans money Just ~
he stands? And you want 10 Spiit nait'
with n man who Is square WIN yo"
'Oh, we'll. lead HIM INTO the barn and
III count out the money
,,Jtb,t,s u,e v,v the horse changed
bonJs Mr. Hnvscr hal mo- sooner tied nin
mn in fine stall than he started oil after
| hay and oats. lie Was lltulN Olb bi SlStt
when | heard an awful lhrashiug in al,
barn, and went out there to II the nelS.
cribhing and kicking. lie pulled n!c'
and broke his halter while was there
and ~ l couldn't do anything ran MT
the house. Not a word was %''h III
after dinner. b!r. DoWSer was Just hu'S'
ing TO tell me OF his PURCHASE u !"
managed to hold III unt'l We were c'eAi d
the dining ROOM theh lie S''u'
I've bought a horse. The doctor In
advised ME to tide in the saddle for m,
health"
'.What's the matter with Your health
oLurp trouble
ON I didn't know it. Well, are yo,
noir, IN rid.y''
- ,,,ing IN saddIa nm. Watch us a
ws come down the aIley,"
$500, Tho hose o,r,o frsf IN,
.%a A.. I.,.IoJ saw Mr.. E,wsp
80 ~, 81, an ,ha grorrd |, seem
I'. : u - "Liootsd 80 saJdIe eyercjse
ca 'ne n"Ise oDi.UW ~. pom,sr bnt ha 90
: o. pE' Co - Snd 1000 mo on and ~
oinaJ.
nm ..od conrad hint g,
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